Happy New Year! May you see the kingdom grow like a mustard seed wherever you are.
You should read these
- 22 Things That Made the World a Better Place in 2022 – these are mostly pretty good
- Top Ten Discoveries in Biblical Archaeology in 2022.
- Christian Nonviolence and Church History – an important article by the late great Ron Sider.
- I love this story about the return of the bookshop: What Can We Learn from Barnes & Noble’s Surprising Turnaround?
- Two Splendid Churches Built Without Nails
- On Teenage Luddites or the alternative headline: ‘Zuckerberg is screwed’
- Countries by Share of the Global Economy
You should look at this
2022: The Year in Volcanic Activity
I love a good eruption
You should listen to this
A Dietrich Bonhoeffer Hymn for New Year’s
By gracious powers so faithfully protected,
so quietly, so wonderfully near,
I’ll live each day in hope, with you beside me,
and go with you through every coming year.
You should watch this
This works for the New Year (and all year to be honest)
This week’s posts
The year is off to a decent start with the writing:
Monday: Links: On health & habits
Tuesday: My books of the year (2022)
Wednesday: Book Review: The Sexual Reformation by Aimee Byrd
Thursday: Links: Men & Women; Comps & Egals
Friday:
Reading Colossians Remixed
I haven’t forgotten this series. New posts coming soon.
- Read with me: Colossians Re:mixed
- Colossians Remixed: Placing ourselves
- Colossians Remixed: Hearing with Old Testament ears
- Colossians Remixed: Do we live under an empire?
- Colossians Remixed: Growing in the Empire’s shadow
- Colossians Remixed: Dealing with postmodernism
From the archives
Six steps to making your church better: “Here are six steps that show us what ‘loving one another looks like.’ And just so we’re clear about how important the command is: Jesus, Paul, Peter and John all tell the church to love one another. It was a command of Jesus, repeated by his apostles.”
Wishing you a fun New Year’s Eve, thanks for reading.
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